On this episode of Next Up, Marlon and Nisha meet with Fork Farms Co-Founder and President, Alex Tyink. We find out how Alex went from being an Opera Singer to discovering Hydroponics, and then creating Fork Farms as we know it today. He discusses the Flex Farm, how it works, and how they're giving children equal access to fresh food because of it. Tune in to this episode to find out more about Fork Farms!

On this episode of Next Up, Marlon and Nisha meet with Deeply Rooted Farms Founder and CEO, Kayla Beyer. Kayla grew up on a dairy farm and currently owns and operates a working beef and crop farm with her husband and five children. They discuss Farm sustainability practices, Regenerative Ag Theory, the benefit of Cover Crops, and more! Kayla also gives us the origin story of Deeply Rooted and how it’s grown into what it is today. Tune in to this episode to find out more about Deeply Rooted!

On this episode of Next Up, Marlon and Nisha meet with Deeply Rooted Farms Founder and CEO, Kayla Beyer. Kayla grew up on a dairy farm and currently owns and operates a working beef and crop farm with her husband and five children. They discuss Farm sustainability practices, Regenerative Ag Theory, the benefit of Cover Crops, and more! Kayla also gives us the origin story of Deeply Rooted and how it’s grown into what it is today. Tune in to this episode to find out more about Deeply Rooted!

In this episode of Next Up, your host, Marlon Gordon, meets with USFA member San Diego Unified School District. He chats with Melanie Moyer, Diego Robles, and Janelle Manzano about the success they saw in their districts 200 schools for Plastic Free Lunch Day. Listen in to learn what tips and tricks they used in their district to make this day as successful as it was.

Thanks for tuning into the Next Up Podcast. This episode is the podcast conversion of our first ever live studio audience filming of Next Up at NxtGen Network’s event called Ignite. This episode is sponsored by LINQ and is the finale episode of the 4C’s behind the business of Child Nutrition… and the topic is “Courage”.

On today’s episode, we have Stefanie Giannini, Director of Food & Nutrition Services at Marquardt School District 15 in the Chicago land area and owner of IVATI where her mission is to inspire and cultivate every individual's identity & development as a leader through public speaking, consulting, and content creation. Along with Stefanie is Sandy Voss, the Director of Food & Nutrition Services at Arlington Heights School District 25. Also, in the Chicagoland area. Stefanie and Sandy have a special relationship in that Sandy used to be Stefanie’s director before her move to Arlington Heights which opened the door for Stefanie's promotion at Marquardt 15. In this episode, we’ll talk about their relationship, what it takes to lead successfully in today’s society, and how to hire and develop future leaders.

Learn how you can transform your cafeteria into the dining space of your dreams with AmTab!  We've got James and Eve from AmTab and Scott Anderson from Madison County School District who walked us through his experience partnering with AmTab.

Leah began her career in university food service at Morehead State University. After spending the next six years in healthcare nutrition/food service, she decided to make the change to school nutrition. During her employment at Mayfield Independent Schools, she has co-coached a winning Kentucky Junior Chef team and held numerous positions within Kentucky School Nutrition Association and is currently KSNA President-Elect. Most recently, Leah has been on the front lines providing meals in the community after a devastating tornado destroyed Mayfield.  

This is a four-part series that was inspired by a LINQ’D UP podcast featuring Shannon Solomon from  Aurora Public Schools. In this series, Shannon will be the guest host and will be joined by Jessica Shelly, Katie Cossette, and Roy Pistone where they speak about what it takes to successfully run your child nutrition program as the business it is.

Our friends over at Nation's Restaurant News, had a conversation about Wendy's entering the metaverse arena on an episode of the Extra Serving podcast. Being the techy futurists we are, we had to check it out! Join Marlon, Amanda, and Mike on their adventure to Wendyverse!

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